Yes, it’s trivial. That doesn’t make it untrue. “Selfish” = trying to achieve your values, rather than a blend of your values and other people’s values.
‘selfish’, as it’s used in ethics and ordinary speech, is a vice involving too much concern for oneself with respect to others. If virtue theory is correct, acting selfishly is bad for oneself.
Yes, it’s trivial. That doesn’t make it untrue. “Selfish” = trying to achieve your values, rather than a blend of your values and other people’s values.
‘selfish’, as it’s used in ethics and ordinary speech, is a vice involving too much concern for oneself with respect to others. If virtue theory is correct, acting selfishly is bad for oneself.